Hittin' The Road: What's On Tap For The Weekend

The local schedule is brimming with interesting events this weekend, unfortunately, we won't be in attendance.

The usual schedule of hittin' the road for the three local tracks is replaced this weekend instead with a 600-mile round trip to Delaware where the Sprint Cup Series will be competing in Sunday's Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway.The Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series are alson on the weekend schedule at Dover.

Yup, its road trip time bright and early Thursday morning, readying for four days on site at Dover. Bring on the Red Bull, the Jersey Turnpike beckons.

Etc.: Waterford goes back to the future this weekend with the running of its Budwesier Modified Nationals card, which was rained out on March 29. The event features a $5,000 to win 150-lap SK Modified feature. Rainchecks from March 28-29 will be honored.

On August 18, 1995 Shawn Courchesne attended his first short track racing event, filling in on coverage for a Friday night show at Stafford Motor Speedway for the Hartford Courant. Little did he realize that night ... read more